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of interest to the list.
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19 June 2007
Journal of Experimental Botany announces free open access
for
authors at subscribing institutions
Oxford Journals is pleased to announce that all primary
papers
published in the Journal of Experimental Botany after 1
April
2007 are being published without any open access charge if
the
corresponding author's institution has a current
subscription to
the journal.
The Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB) launched the first
phase
of its open access (OA) experiment in April 2004 and since
this
time approximately 30% of primary research articles have
been
made freely available online from the time of publication.
In
the first phase of the experiment, publication costs were
met in
part by OA fees from authors (GBP250 per paper) and by two
grants
from the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
The unique feature of the new phase of JXB's open access
experiment is that institutional subscriptions will now pay
not
only for content (including reviews and special issues,
which are
not eligible for open access) but also for open access
publication. Corresponding authors from subscribing
institutions
will have no OA charges to pay, while others who wish to
take
advantage of OA publication in JXB will have to pay GBP1500
($2800/EUR2250).
'We are working hard at building a viable business model
that can
provide a sustainable service to the plant science
community,'
explains Professor Jerry Roberts, Editor-in-Chief, based at
the
University of Nottingham. 'The cost of a full online
subscription
to the JXB in 2007 is GBP816 ($1469/EUR1224). On a cost per
page
basis this is a very competitive price; it is cheaper than
any
other comparable plant science journal without page charges
or
subsidy, and will now include the additional benefit of
providing
free open access for member authors.'
The Journal of Experimental Botany is one of 50 journals
published by Oxford Journals that offer optional open
access, and
its new initiative broadens Oxford Journal's experiments
with
open access publishing models. Instead of Oxford Open's
standard
optional open access model, which offers a two tier author
payment system with substantial discounts for authors from
subscribing institutions, this initiative makes open access
completely free for these authors, thus enabling libraries
to
support open access via their members.
For further information on the second phase of the JXB
experiment
please visit
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/exbotj/openaccess.html.
For further information on the Oxford Open please visit
http://www.
oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen/
For further information please contact:
Kirsty Luff
Senior Communications and Marketing Manager
Oxford Journals
+44(0)1865 354206
kirsty.luff oxfordjournals.org
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